Atharva Veda 7.56.5: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 56, Mantra 5

Sukta 56

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒र॒सस्य॑ श॒र्कोट॑स्य नी॒चीन॑स्योप॒सर्प॑तः । वि॒षं ह्य॑१स्यादि॒ष्यथो॑ एनमजीजभम्

IAST Transliteration

arásasya śarkóṭasya nīcī́nasyópasárpataḥ | viṣáṃ hí asyā́diṣyátho enam ajījabham ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of the sapless Śarkota, the low-creeping thing that steals upon one—its venom verily, when I have marked it out, then have I crushed and made it powerless.

Translation

वो सरकोटा नाम की चीज़ है, जिसमे कोई रस नहीं है। वो नीचे रह के चुपके से आती है। उसका ज़हर है, मैंने उसे पकड़ लिया है। अब मैंने उसे कुचल दिया है, उसमे कोई ताकत नहीं।

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Word by Word

• अरसस्य: of the tasteless/insipid one
• अरसस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरस (प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्कोटस्य: of the śarkota (a noxious creature/term of abuse; lit. ‘thorny/rough one’)
• शर्कोटस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्कोट (प्रातिपदिक)

• नीचीनस्य: of the low-lying/creeping one
• नीचीनस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीचीन (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपसर्पतः: of (him/it) creeping up/approaching
• उपसर्पतः: सम्बन्ध (qualifying the genitive chain)
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: उप-√सृप् (सृप्)

• विषम्: poison, venom
• विषम्: कर्म (with implied ‘remove/drive out’ sense) / or predicate object
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: सम्बन्ध (emphasis/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• अस्य: of this/its
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आदिष्य: having indicated/assigned, having directed
• आदिष्य: पूर्वकाल (prior action to main verb)
• Type: Verb (absolutive/gerund)
• Root: आ-√दिश् (दिश्)

• अथो: and then/and also
• अथो: सम्बन्ध (connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)

• एनम्: this one/him/it
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अजीजभम्: I crushed/overpowered (him/it)
• अजीजभम्: कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जभ् (जभ्) [intensive/reduplicated aorist-like form]

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt; commonly anonymous/Angirasic for such charms)

Devata: Viṣa-nāśana (poison-destroying power) directed against the śarkota; the mantra itself functions as the agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; typical for short apotropaic verses)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra